| discovery of novel [arg49]phospholipase a2 isozymes from protobothrops elegans venom and regional evolution of crotalinae snake venom phospholipase a2 isozymes in the southwestern islands of japan and taiwan. | protobothrops (formerly trimeresurus) elegans, a crotalinae snake, inhabits ishigaki and iriomote islands of the sakishima islands of japan which are located between okinawa island of japan and taiwan. two phospholipase a(2) (pla(2)) isozymes were purified to homogeneity from p. elegans venom and sequenced. this led to a discovery of novel pla(2) isozymes with arg at position 49, that is, [arg(49)]pla(2) forms, named pebp(r)-i and pebp(r)-ii. they are polymorphic at position 3, val for pebp(r)-i ... | 2006 | 16962627 |